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YOS 08, 001 (P308065)
Administrative, Early Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 08, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P308065 |
| Museum no. | YBC 07073 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | asz-szum 8(disz) _u8 udu hi-a_ | Concerning the 8 sheep and goats |
| 2 | sza i-na ta-ar-ba-s,i-im | who in battle |
| 3 | sza bala-mu-nam-he2 | of Bala-munamhe, |
| 4 | u3 {d}suen-im-gur-ra-an-ni | and Sîn-imgurrani |
| 5 | ip-pa-al-szu-u2-ma u2-s,i-a | he looked at him and went out, |
| 6 | szi-bu-ut a-li-im u3 ra-a-bi-a-nu-um | the life of the city and the great one |
| 7 | iz-zi-i-zu-u2-ma | stood, and |
| 8 | _u8 udu hi-a_ i-na qa2-ti x? a-wi-il-{d}iszkur _sipa_ | sheep and goats in the hand of Awīl-Adad the shepherd |
| 9 | i-te-li-a-ni-im | went up against me |
| 10 | 2(disz) _u8_ 2(disz) _sila4 gub_ | 2 ewes, 2 lambs stationed |
| 11 | 1(disz) _udu-nita2_ | 1 sheep |
| 12 | 5(disz) _u8 udu hi-a_ | 5 sheep and goats |
| 13 | szi-im-tum sza bala-mu-nam-he2 | the fate of Balāmu-namhe. |
| 14 | sza a-pil-{d}mar-tu | of Apil-Amurru, |
| 15 | i-na qa2-ti a-wi-il-{d}iszkur _sipa_ | from the hand of Awīl-Adad the shepherd |
| 16 | is,-ba-tu-u2 | seized, |
| 17 | szi-bu#-ut a-li-im | the šibūtu of the city |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}[a-wi]-il-{d}iszkur _sipa_ | Awīl-Addu, shepherd |
| 2 | ki-a-am i-pu-ul | he did thus: |
| 3 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 4 | 2(disz) _sila4 gub_ | 2 lambs stationed |
| 5 | ia-u2-tu-un | Yautun |
| 6 | szi-bu-ut a-[li-im] ki#-a-am | the life of the city, thus |
| 7 | i-pu-lu [um-ma] szu-nu-ma | they performed, saying: "They |
| 8 | ma-am-[ma-an szi]-ma#-at | Whoever the fate |
| 9 | {disz}bala-[mu-nam-he2] isz#-ku-un | Bala-munamhe established |
| 10 | ma-an#-nu-um# _sipa#_ | Who is the shepherd? |
| 11 | sza _u8 udu hi-a_ ra-ma#-ni-szu | of his own ewes and sheep |
| 12 | szi-ma-at be-el _u8 udu hi-a_ | the fate of the owner of the ewe and sheep |
| 13 | i-sza-ka-nu | he shall place |
| 14 | ki-a-am ni-pu-ul-szu | thus we performed. |
| 15 | u3 2(disz) _u8 udu hi-a_ <a>-mu-ri-tum | and 2 ewes, sheep and goats |
| 16 | sza a-na bu-qu2-mi-im la i-ru-ba | who did not enter into battle, |
| 17 | u3 re-si-na la i-ba-szi-a | and there is no shepherd |
| 18 | {d}utu u3 {d}nin-gir2-su2 | Šamaš and Ningirsu |
| 19 | li-ba-li-it,-ku-nu-ti | may they keep you alive! |
| 20 | di-nam sza i-na qa2-ti-ku-nu | Judge the case that is in your hands. |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-ba-szu-u2 szu-hi-za | there is a šuḫīzu-demon |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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